Torah Classes

Chp. 16 verses 1 - 16: Introduction, begins with after the death of the two sons of Aaron and a warning from Hashem not to enter the Holy of Holies at will. It would only be allowed on Yom Kippur and following the exact ritual that Hashem would describe. Portion continues with a description of the Yom Kippur service that could only be done by the High Priest. Also the ritual of the two goats one to G-d and the other to Azazel.

Chp. 14 verse 35 - chp. 15 verse 36: Continues with the laws of the leprosy of a house. Chp. 15 begins with the laws of a Zav or Zavah, all the details of their defilement and all the details of their purification. The laws of a seminal emission. Laws of anyone or anything that touches a Zavah.

Chp. 14 verses 1 - 34: Introduction, the ritual of purification of the leper by the priest. Continues with the leprosy of a house in the land of Israel.

Chp. 13 verses 3 - 59: Continues with the laws of the leper. The part the priest plays in proclaiming the person clean or unclean, and placing him in isolation. The different types of leprosy and the places on the body that it may appear. Leprosy found on clothing, and its laws.

Chp. 12 verse 1 - Chp. 13 verse 3: introduction, the laws of childbirth, circumcision, defilement, purity, and the sacrifices brought after giving birth. Chp. 13, begins the laws of leprosy, and the part the priest plays in the designation and purification of the plague.

Chp. 11 verses 32 - 47: Continues with the laws of creepy things. Then the laws of earthenware vessels. Liquids that prepare things to become unclean. Mikvah, the defilement of produce. The laws of a dead carcass. The prohibition of eating insects. The command to sanctify ourselves so that we can be G-dly.

Chp. 10 verse 8 - chp. 11 verse 31: Hashem speaks to Aaron about prohibition of priest drinking wine before performing service. Continues with the sacrifices of the day and also those laws that would apply for the future. Moshe was angry with them because of an error that he thought they had made, but Aaron told him that they had not erred and he agreed. Chp. 11, deals with the laws of kosher animals, fish, and birds. Ends with the eight creepy things that cause defilement by touching them.

Chp. 8 verse 7 - chp. 10 verse 7: Continues with the sacrifices that were brought by Aaron and his sons on the eighth day of dedication. Then they blessed the people and a heavenly fire came and consumed all the sacrifices on the alter Chp. 10 tells us about Nadav and Abihu two sons of Aaron who bring a strange fire into the Holy of Holies and are killed by fire. Their bodies are removed and Aaron and his other two sons are commanded by Moshe not to mourn nor to leave the Mishkan.

Chp. 6 verse 1 - 19: Introduction,command to priests about the burnt offering and the removal of the ashes from the alter. Command to keep a perpetual fire on the alter. Next the meal offering and all of its details. Also the meal offering of Aaron and his sons on the day of their anointment and the command for the high priest to bring this offering half in the morning and half in the afternoon daily. Next the laws of the sin offering.

Chp. 8 verses 1 - 36 chp. 9 verses 1 - 7: Hashem commands Moshe to bring Aaron, his sons, their garments, and all the sacrifices to the door of the Mishkan. He washes them. He then dresses Aaron in the garments of the high priest and anoints him, the Mishkan, the alter, and all its vessels with oil. Next he dresses Aaron's sons. He brings the sacrifices, performing all the rituals connected to them and to Aaron and his sons. They then spend the next seven days and nights in the Mishkan. Chp. 9 begins with an introduction of Shemini and the eighth day of the dedication of the Mishkan, and the sacrifices that Aaron was commanded to bring.